Bill Brittain, Author HarperCollins Publishers $3.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-440339-9
A heroic act lands Tim and his unusual new friend in the middle of an international intrigue. Ages 10-13. (Feb.)
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Bill Brittain, Author HarperCollins Publishers $11.95 (151p) ISBN 978-0-06-020718-2
Newbery Honor winner Brittain offers up some good plain fun in this latest work. Stanley wishes he could be a Very Important Person, but everyone knows that high school freshmen are nobodies. But suddenly, scrawny Stanley defeats the school bully,...
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Bill Brittain, Author HarperCollins Publishers $13 (135p) ISBN 978-0-06-020724-3
As in The Fantastic Freshman , Brittain presents an ordinary boy in an extraordinary predicament. This time, the result is a madcap adventure tinged with foreign intrigue. The escapade begins when Timothy Quilt, 14, saves a young king from choking....
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Bill Brittain, Author HarperCollins Publishers $3.25 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-447016-2
In this first-person narrative termed ``good plain fun'' by PW , freshman Stanley Muffet relates the extraordinary events that help him to achieve his dream of becoming a VIP. Ages 12-up. (Oct.)
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Bill Brittain, Author HarperCollins Publishers $14 (108p) ISBN 978-0-06-024238-1
Derivative and pedestrian, Brittain's SF/fantasy tale borrows the intriguing concept of shape-shifting wholesale from the TV series Deep Space 9 , but runs it into the ground with a static plot. Frank Dunn, the narrator, discovers a marooned alien...
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Bill Brittain, Author, Andrew Glass, Illustrator HarperTrophy $5.99 (192p) ISBN 978-0-06-440168-5
Various people take cards from Thaddeus Blinn, who says he can give them whatever they desire. Polly, who has a sharp tongue, asks to be well-liked. Rowena wants Henry to stay in town long enough to put down roots. Sam, sick of hauling water, wishes
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Bill Brittain, Author, Andrew Glass, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $13.95 (152p) ISBN 978-0-06-020726-7
In the small town of Coven Tree, Maine, the Devil is up to his old tricks. As in past antics ( The Wish Giver ; The Devil's Donkey ), Ole Nick does his best to trick the people of this peaceful town, and is again foiled by Yankee ingenuity and...
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Bill Brittain, Author, Charles Robinson, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $4.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-440128-9
The Newbery Honor author amusingly explores the unexpected consequences of wishing for wealth--and getting it. Ages 7-10. (May)
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Bill Brittain, Author, Michele Chessare, Illustrator HarperTrophy $5.99 (119p) ISBN 978-0-06-440224-8
With the help of a couple of ghosts, Tommy discovers the secrets of Parnell House and foils the evil plans of a mysterious stranger. Ages 9-12. (April)
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